Davidson

At the 2020 census, 100,706 Americans bore the surname Davidson — 308th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 2,968.

By the numbers

People: 100,706
Rank: 308th
How common: 1 in 2,968
Per 100,000: 33.7

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Davidson described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 80.9%
Black, not Hispanic 10.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Davidson

Anthony Davidson (born 1979)racing driver, 2014 World Endurance Drivers' Championship winner
Pete Davidson (born 1993)American comedian and actor
Donald Davidson (1917–2003)American philosopher
Jaye Davidson (born 1968)British-American actor
Jason Davidson (born 1991)Australian association football player
Jun Marques Davidson (born 1983)Japanese association football player
Sven Davidson (1928–2008)Swedish tennis player
Owen Davidson (1943–2023)Australian tennis player

People named Davidson with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Davidson

Also a first name

Davidson has been given to 1,144 American babies as a first name since 1924, peaking in 2009. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.